Bog-tastic

  International Bog Day Festival was a tremendous success. Over 500 people came along to the S Read More

Vyrnwy is Outstanding!

What a term! The LIFE education team has worked remarkably hard this summer, 678 children have been Read More

LIFE at the Royal Welsh Show 2010

  The LIFE Project has just returned from spending a very busy and successful four days at the Read More

International Bog Day Festival

International Bog Day Festival Sculpture Park, Lake Vyrnwy 31st July 2010 11- Read More

LIFE in Lapland

The LIFE Active Blanket Bogs in Wales project has just returned from a visit to Read More

Welsh blanket bog in Brussels!

  The European Union's Green Week will take place from 1 to 4 June 2010 in Brussels. Held eve Read More

News flash!

International Bog Day Festival plans are well under way at Lake Vyrnwy. Read More

Schools have fun in the sun!

Six school groups visited the blanket bog at Lake Vyrnwy during Read More

Wider than LIFE

The RSPB is launching a radical new appr Read More

Ponies on Penaran

On the 9th April, PONT with the support of CCW released nine Car Read More

Schools have fun in the sun!

Six school groups visited the blanket bog at Lake Vyrnwy during May including two groups from Baschurch Primary School. The year 5 and 6 groups were taken up to the blanket bog in land rovers where they ‘made the earth move’, explored how wet a blanket bog is and investigated the plant species that grow on a bog – as they can now tell you, there are certainly more than meets the eye!

 

The trip ended with a game of ‘hide in the heather’ to show how effective heather is at providing cover for moorland birds such as black grouse.


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